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back to the campaign for tax plan would raise the taxes. it is not going to happen. we have liberals like "the new york times" rally around certain tax form saying no and will not touch that. they did not want tax reform come it will not happen. tracy: we have not heard a word about that coming up in 21 days. >> busy expiration on the payroll tax cut, all of those extenders, this is all coming to a head. there's a lot of progress in washington right now, so at best talking with dealing with the bush era policies and the rest is pushed even further into 2013. tracy: even the extenders probably will get punted for a year or extended for a year. so here we are again this time next year we wwll have the same conversation. >> that is just how it goes forward. we have to accep accepted is goe done. tracy: the only way to do this is to throw the book out and start over. republicans offered it to them three times. offered it to them last week and turned it down flat. not interested forming the tax. i think we're in perilous times and we're down to
back to the campaign for tax plan would raise the taxes. it is not going to happen. we have liberals like "the new york times" rally around certain tax form saying no and will not touch that. they did not want tax reform come it will not happen. tracy: we have not heard a word about that coming up in 21 days. >> busy expiration on the payroll tax cut, all of those extenders, this is all coming to a head. there's a lot of progress in washington right now, so at best talking with...
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plus what the additional taxes. $1 trillion that are in new taxes on obamacare. most of them on the wealthy. plus, then, hit them on the deduction side. they will be paying top marginal rate of 40%. effective rate that is four or five or six rate ace head. >> bret: make believe you want to get to compromise. there is an easy way to get there. the president said i need $800 billion at revenue, there is a way to get there. let us not discriminate -- let's go simpson-bowles. let's let everybody decide how much they want to use for whatever deduction. maybe you want to use for education. maybe you want to use it for your home. maybe you need it for healthcare. let's cap it. itemize deductions at a certain amount. if you cap at $25,000, you can lower all tax rates 20%. plus kill the alternative minimum tax forever and still have $1.3 trillion in revenue. if you do it at $50,000, cap. it gives you $800 billion. >> i like this idea when i first heard it but there are problems and intended consequences. for instance, you wipe out charities. charitable giving changed radi
plus what the additional taxes. $1 trillion that are in new taxes on obamacare. most of them on the wealthy. plus, then, hit them on the deduction side. they will be paying top marginal rate of 40%. effective rate that is four or five or six rate ace head. >> bret: make believe you want to get to compromise. there is an easy way to get there. the president said i need $800 billion at revenue, there is a way to get there. let us not discriminate -- let's go simpson-bowles. let's let...
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that's newt gingrich in 1993 on the clinton tax increase. and those of us who were working on the other side of that tax increase, newt, have been waiting fur your apology for 20 years for being completely wrong about that. >> i still don't agree with you. >> but the economy soared. no one lost a job because of that tax increase. >> it's bologna, bologna. the center for american progress said republicans were proven wrong in spectacular fashion with the longest period of economic growth in u.s. history. increased business investment. 23 million jobs added. and, of course, budget surpluses. so let's recap. his only response to it is bologna. >> the response is this. you said there would be a recession. there was no recession. >> if you look at all of the indicators the day i was elected speaker, virtually all of the increase -- in fact, all of the increase in stock market is after republicans take control. >> from bologna to taking full credit. all of that economic growth? yep, we did it. but there was nowhere to run.
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taxes. and republicans maybe feel that, you know, you could see where that might be a good thing for them too. there are big pressures bushing against... pushing against that too. this is a congress that has been fighting over these issues for two years. corker has made this point as well. if we can't do it, we've been over all these issues. now is the time. there's going to be a new congress in january. you have to educate all these new people coming in. in addition to the economy, there are incentives to get it done now. >> woodruff: we'll let you go back to watching it. lori montgomery of the "washington post," thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: still to come on the newshour, the right-to-work battle in michigan; tax breaks on the chopping block; homeland security secretary janet napolitano; toxic chemicals in sandy's storm surge; and factory workers at risk around the world. but first, with the other news of the day, here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: egyptian president mohammed mo
taxes. and republicans maybe feel that, you know, you could see where that might be a good thing for them too. there are big pressures bushing against... pushing against that too. this is a congress that has been fighting over these issues for two years. corker has made this point as well. if we can't do it, we've been over all these issues. now is the time. there's going to be a new congress in january. you have to educate all these new people coming in. in addition to the economy, there are...
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that tax code a little more progressive. you will have given a little more pain relative to everyone else to the top 2%. that's an important principle i think because this economic downturn has hurt the 98% so much more than the rich. i think it's really important to stay with what the president ran on, the 250 and above because, look, if they don't make a deal, it's going to happen anyway. republicans don't have any room to maneuver it up to $500,000. it's going to happen anyway. >> let's look at this new poll. shows raising tacks on the rich is overwhelmingly popular. no surprise there. 60% of the country favor raising taxes on house holds making $250,000 or more. 38% oppose it. >> yeah. >> i was thinking about 38 thrs. only 2% of the 38% get something out of it. 36% don't. >> i really don't think people who make $250,000 a year, a family of four $250,000 a year of annual income or adjusted gross income is rich. >> depends where you live. >> right. >> and very few people really make that. >> oh, it does. >> take that numbe
that tax code a little more progressive. you will have given a little more pain relative to everyone else to the top 2%. that's an important principle i think because this economic downturn has hurt the 98% so much more than the rich. i think it's really important to stay with what the president ran on, the 250 and above because, look, if they don't make a deal, it's going to happen anyway. republicans don't have any room to maneuver it up to $500,000. it's going to happen anyway. >>...
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taxes are embedded in the analysis. we have a corporate tax code. one of the things -- opportunities we have in the budget deal is to get the revenue today. and then deal with reforms that are revenue neutral tomorrow. that is an opportunity for -- no one is talking about getting revenue from corporate taxes. we have a whole -- a whole bunch of features of the corporate tax code which significantly influence corporate behavior. it is not about revenues. every year, something has been added. like the house you buy with three different plumbing systems. it is time to do the gut renovation. everybody talks about the cash. in lot of this cash is offshore -- a lot of this cash is offshore. a whole bunch of reasons why that is. it is an example of a big outcome of difference. that's not the ideal thing from a theoretical point of view. one thing, the see a lot of american companies buying foreign companies because they are using 65-cent dollars to make acquisitions. that is an example. there is a distortion that would be ideal. >> one final question. a co
taxes are embedded in the analysis. we have a corporate tax code. one of the things -- opportunities we have in the budget deal is to get the revenue today. and then deal with reforms that are revenue neutral tomorrow. that is an opportunity for -- no one is talking about getting revenue from corporate taxes. we have a whole -- a whole bunch of features of the corporate tax code which significantly influence corporate behavior. it is not about revenues. every year, something has been added....
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the tax cliff is coming. grover norquist says upper earners are getting hit with higher taxes for parts of the health carr law. why isn't that enough? he is here to keep fighting the fight. >>> plus venezuela just surpassed saudi arabia with the world's largest oil reserves. now hugo chavez has announced his cancer is back. a chart, changing of the guard there could have a huge impact on the globlt oil market. we'll have details. >>> so much pot, so few answers. legalized marijuana laws take effect in washington state and colorado. from driving high to trafficking weed over sttte borders the legal and financial nightmares are just beginning. but we're convening a pot power panel to help clear the smoke. even when they say it's not it is always about money. melissa: first let's look at the day's market headlines. some breaking news on aig just out a short time ago. the treasury announced it is selling all of its remaining 234 common shares in the insurance giant however treasury will continue to hold warrants
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dollars to carry them out then the senate had this investigation done again using our tax dollars to pay for it so the american people ought to be able to see what is being done in our name and with our money and what the findings are exactly so why do you think they want to keep this under wraps why do you think they want to keep it as a classified document well i think if you look back at the state secrets privilege . the goes back to the reynolds case over fifty years ago and it turns out that whole case was built on a lie i think a lot of these cases is not about the future harm which is always what cited national security is in jeopardy and if we tell you know what's going on that will impact future operations but more often than not it's just trying to hide the embarrassment of what happened in the past because this investigation has been going going on for three years and was looking back at policies that were ended a number of years ago so this is not a an ongoing future operation and it's past history but i think there may be some embarrassment there of the people would like
dollars to carry them out then the senate had this investigation done again using our tax dollars to pay for it so the american people ought to be able to see what is being done in our name and with our money and what the findings are exactly so why do you think they want to keep this under wraps why do you think they want to keep it as a classified document well i think if you look back at the state secrets privilege . the goes back to the reynolds case over fifty years ago and it turns out...
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they get tax breaks from republicans and they get paid back for them. the idea of suggesting that the city of detroit is in trouble because of the unions is ridiculous. what about the management of the companies? what about the great capitalist -- >> eric: detroit has 18.9% unemployment rate. that is higher than the national average. has median average income of $25,000. >> bob: i don't know how you make a connection. >> eric: here is how you make a connection. business environment in state of michigan, city of detroit is terrible. companies aren't coming in there investing. >> dana: a few years ago governor rick schneider took over, a businessman. he had done get awa get gateways and he didn't have to do anything else but decided to serve the state. to the point was dire. some said the governor, state of michigan would need to take over the city of detroit. you can separate the issues. bail-out idea, bail-out detroit versus what governor rick snyder is doing, fundamental change for michigan to make it more like a state like virginia. 23 other states th
they get tax breaks from republicans and they get paid back for them. the idea of suggesting that the city of detroit is in trouble because of the unions is ridiculous. what about the management of the companies? what about the great capitalist -- >> eric: detroit has 18.9% unemployment rate. that is higher than the national average. has median average income of $25,000. >> bob: i don't know how you make a connection. >> eric: here is how you make a connection. business...
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one is the tax hikes. he's proposed basically to raise taxes on charities and job creators and he thinks that that's where his starting point is with president obama. >> hold on a second. let's be factual. i think what he said was that he was open to $800 billion in revenues but he did not specify the deductions. >> the only way you could get $800 billion in deductions is to go after the charitable deduction and the mortgage deduction. you're going to go after charities. salvation army said yesterday that they have had the biggest crowds coming in that they've ever seen. we're going to go after charities right now? i don't think that's the best place to be. i think what we need to start at is a place where we believe, we think taxes should be cut. that's what reagan did in a recession and guess what? by the end of his term, revenue doubled. we created 20 million jobs and youth unemployment dropped 43%. that's what we should start with. >> you're saying you don't like speaker boehner because he's considerin
one is the tax hikes. he's proposed basically to raise taxes on charities and job creators and he thinks that that's where his starting point is with president obama. >> hold on a second. let's be factual. i think what he said was that he was open to $800 billion in revenues but he did not specify the deductions. >> the only way you could get $800 billion in deductions is to go after the charitable deduction and the mortgage deduction. you're going to go after charities. salvation...
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tax. >> our wealth editor robert frank breaks it down now. >> thanks, bill. the estate tax could go up even more and become a big problem for any kind of cliff deal. let's take a look. the current tax is around 30%. only those worth $5 million or more have to file. if we go off the cliff, it will shoot to 55%. anyone with an estate with $1 million or more will have to file. that will cost many more in the estate tax. many prefer the tax is abolished. obama wants a 45% rate and $3.5 million cutoff. that's midway between today's rates and the old rate. now the problem is even some democrats are siding with republicans. they say they want to keep the current rates. so all sides here remain very far apart. this matters because wealthy families need to rewrite their wills, their charity plans. and for the country there are hundreds of billions of dollars of taxes at stake. it's also a hugely symbolic tax. the left says these estate taxes are important to curb family dynasties. and they also cal
tax. >> our wealth editor robert frank breaks it down now. >> thanks, bill. the estate tax could go up even more and become a big problem for any kind of cliff deal. let's take a look. the current tax is around 30%. only those worth $5 million or more have to file. if we go off the cliff, it will shoot to 55%. anyone with an estate with $1 million or more will have to file. that will cost many more in the estate tax. many prefer the tax is abolished. obama wants a 45% rate and $3.5...
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a gruing number of republicans say they may be willing to accept tax rate hikes on the rich as long as they gain ground on entitlements. >>> well, the holiday rush is on, folks, fedex says today will be the bus just day of the shipping year, and it could be one of the busiest days ever. >> jay gray took a tour of fedex's world headquarters earlier today and join us live from mississippi with a look at the behind the scenes situation, a look at how the packages get from here to there. >> reporter: hey there, fedex facilities across the nation, including this one in mississippi n. constant motion, moving 19 million packages at a rate of 200 per second. the holiday rush is ramping up at fedex today. >> we've been planning for this day since the day after christmas last year, literally planning for this day since then. >> now it's here, the busiest day in fedex history, 19 million packages passing through the system, 10 million more than an average today. >> peak means longers hours, more packages to deliver. >> deliveries on the ground and through the area. the first largest in the world,
a gruing number of republicans say they may be willing to accept tax rate hikes on the rich as long as they gain ground on entitlements. >>> well, the holiday rush is on, folks, fedex says today will be the bus just day of the shipping year, and it could be one of the busiest days ever. >> jay gray took a tour of fedex's world headquarters earlier today and join us live from mississippi with a look at the behind the scenes situation, a look at how the packages get from here to...
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let's get some more taxes. but republicans, they say, let's look a little bit more at everything in this room, even if we're going to increase revenue. because maybe by doing some s t strategic cutting we can make a bigger difference. you can have dramatic cuts in thing like homeland security and the energy department and the interior department. if you cut those programs out entirely, yeah, you'd save $80 billion but that's only a small fraction of the deficit. that's why the talk is largely about this back row. where the big ticket item, reside. such as social security, health and human services, medicare, medicaid and defense. each one of these accounts for more than $700 billion in spending. so yeah, if you could find a way to somehow chop about 25% out of each program here, you'd get real savings. about half a trillion dollars. doing that would be unbelievably tough. the simple truth is some of them are protected from cuts. social security is something that democrats and republicans alike have been very af
let's get some more taxes. but republicans, they say, let's look a little bit more at everything in this room, even if we're going to increase revenue. because maybe by doing some s t strategic cutting we can make a bigger difference. you can have dramatic cuts in thing like homeland security and the energy department and the interior department. if you cut those programs out entirely, yeah, you'd save $80 billion but that's only a small fraction of the deficit. that's why the talk is largely...
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that's when automatic tax hikes and spending cuts would take effect. new york's senator charles schumer says the government usually has a hands-off policy when it comes to disaster money. >> the federal government has had a view for 100 years. when god's wrath strikes, it's so overwhelming at local its, -- localities, even big ones like new york can't handle it on their own. >> you don't know for sure? >> you don't know for sure n. washington, who knows? >> reporter: many sandy victims say they're so concerned with putting their lives back together that they don't even know what is going on in washington. and they've never even heard the fiscal cliff. >> this is news to me. i didn't hear that part. >> reporter: anthony spent sunday, seeking fema dollars. he's homeless and can't understand how congress can help cut vital budgets like fema's? >> crazy. doesn't make sense. we need it down here. and there's a -- people down here a lot more destitute than me. >> reporter: congress now has time to figure it out. in new york's staten island, drew levinson, wj
that's when automatic tax hikes and spending cuts would take effect. new york's senator charles schumer says the government usually has a hands-off policy when it comes to disaster money. >> the federal government has had a view for 100 years. when god's wrath strikes, it's so overwhelming at local its, -- localities, even big ones like new york can't handle it on their own. >> you don't know for sure? >> you don't know for sure n. washington, who knows? >> reporter:...
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if the president and speaker boehner can't reach an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, taxes for all americans will go up, and across the board spending cuts will kick in on january 1st. economists say that combination would plunge the country back into a recession. >> reporter: there are signs some republicans will willing to compromise on taxes if they can secure cut to social security, medicare and medicaid. >> give the president the 2% increase that he is talking about, the rate increase on the top 2%, and all of a sudden the shift goes back to entitlement. >> reporter: one proposal under discussion, raising the eligibility age for medicare is not going over well with democrats and advocates for senior citizens. >> the option, for example, to raise the medicare age actually is bad policy and will increase costs, because people who are 65 and 66 still need health insurance. >> reporter: the aarp says the real solution to cutting the deficit is lowers skyrocketing health care costs. in washington, danielle nottingham, cbs 5. >>> a hopeful sign for the economy, today is expected to
if the president and speaker boehner can't reach an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, taxes for all americans will go up, and across the board spending cuts will kick in on january 1st. economists say that combination would plunge the country back into a recession. >> reporter: there are signs some republicans will willing to compromise on taxes if they can secure cut to social security, medicare and medicaid. >> give the president the 2% increase that he is talking about, the...
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it looks like there's a deal on taxes. the president has said that taxes will go up on the wealthy. he holds the trump card in that and nothing gets done that will happen. >> well, you know, jonathan, it's funny you say that the republicans may be recognizing they don't have the leverage here but trying to assert some leverage by saying that they'll do another sort of debt ceiling showdown and not satisfied with the outcome this month, the debt ceiling probably a month later, early february and saying they want to have another showdown if necessary over that. the official position of the white house is we're not going down that road again. we are not going to be negotiating and hostage games over this. however, there was a report on friday from ezra klein saying that this is not anything they're talking about publicly but the conversation within the white house is about the idea of giving in to republicans on raising the eligibility age for medicare, raising that two years in exchange for a partial increase on the top marginal tax rate to 37% instead of 39.6% obama is asking for. th
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all with spending cuts and expiring tax credits. today, president obama pushed his proposed fix saying a deal must include higher tax rates. republicans say that is a job killer. they is said that forever. they let go of that, meeting at the white house yesterday. neither side will give any details about the conversation between president obama and speaker boehner. wendell, is there any time left to get this done? >>reporter: well, folks think there is time for enough of a deal but stopped short of a fiscal cliff but some think that has to happen this week. at a daimler truck stop the president didn't mention the upper income tax hike he is demanding but warned what will happen if congress doesn't extend the middle-class tax cuts both sides want. >> people will spend nearly $200 billion less than otherwise they would spend. consumer spending will go down. that means you have less customers, businesses get fewer profits, they hire fewer workers, you go in a downward spiral. wrong idea. >>reporter: the president criticized the right-t
all with spending cuts and expiring tax credits. today, president obama pushed his proposed fix saying a deal must include higher tax rates. republicans say that is a job killer. they is said that forever. they let go of that, meeting at the white house yesterday. neither side will give any details about the conversation between president obama and speaker boehner. wendell, is there any time left to get this done? >>reporter: well, folks think there is time for enough of a deal but...
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so a hodgepodge of things and mostly focused on the taxes, 60%. the president has that number to use in addition to what we learned after the exit polling election night and the results of the election. >> and so, i think it's a foregone conclusion that tax rates for the wealthiest of americans are going up and as a pra practical matter, i don't understand why the gop doesn't agree to that sooner rather than later and the onus on the white house to give something relative to spending cuts and entitlement reforms. i think people want compromise and a bigger deal than just taxes going up for those 2% and doesn't get us where we need to go. >> david, let's play what alan simpson had to say regarding the growth. that's the overall end game here. growing the economy and not let lawmakers and such to posture before us. let's play it. >> not a single economist who talked to us in our hearings said we can't grow our way out of this with double digit growth for 20 years. you can't cut spending your way out of this baby or you ruin a very fragile economy an
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. >> estate taxes. >> estate taxes. a straight couple would not have received that bill. it's simply unfair. if you look at the plaintiffs in this case, chris and sandy have two twin boys and just entering high school when we filed this case and by the supreme court renders the decision, they will be entering college. their moms still can't get marry. paul and jeff, the other plaintiffs in this case, said they want to be married before they have children. think eve been together more than a decade and still don't have the right to marriage equality. >> it's called family values. >> that's exactly right. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> what political story will make headlines in 24 hours? that's next right here. bed in america. the tempur-pedic ergo system. treat yourself to the ultimate sleep experience and save up to $400 during the tempur ergo savings event. plus visit tempurpedic.com for full details on our 0% apr financing with up to five years to pay. don't wait. five-year special financi
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the internet giant stashing billions in tax shelters to avoid paying taxes. is that fair play or outrageous corporate behavior? especially in this climate. well talk about that. but first, markets are generally higher. dow jones industrial average up 29 points on the day. nasdaq is up 7. and s&p 500 up about 1 1/2. >> they've been that way about the last ten days or two weeks or so. 21 days until america goes over the cliff or not. president obama meeting with the house speaker boehner in a closed door session over the weekend. yesterday in fact. trying to hammer out a deal. we hope you watch the redskins win over the ravens there in the last minute. president set to speak later at an auto plant in michigan about his planes it raise taxes on the rich. our chief political correspondent live at the white house with the latest. hi, john. >> hi, tyler. it is glammy and overcast in washington today but everybody is looking for bright signs about the fiscal cliff. we have a bright side yesterday when john boehner came here to the white house. house speaker to talk
the internet giant stashing billions in tax shelters to avoid paying taxes. is that fair play or outrageous corporate behavior? especially in this climate. well talk about that. but first, markets are generally higher. dow jones industrial average up 29 points on the day. nasdaq is up 7. and s&p 500 up about 1 1/2. >> they've been that way about the last ten days or two weeks or so. 21 days until america goes over the cliff or not. president obama meeting with the house speaker...
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he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy instead. that addresses part of the problem but leaves much of it unaddressed, and that's led to criticism. we are also watching to see if he weighs in on the explosive right-to-work fight that is now raging through michigan. remember what we saw in wisconsin with the protests and so on? now there are questions today about whether the new site of union controversy is michigan as a law that would ban mandatory union dues in one of the most unionized states of the country takes center stage. you can watch the president's speech streaming live on foxnews.com. we will also be monitoring it, and we are going to discuss this latest right-to-work fight and what it means for our jobs crisis in just a few minutes right here. >>> well, overseas iran saying that it has now decoded all of the data from a cia spy drone it captured back in 2011. that country's revolutionary guard has previously said that it recovered some information from the unmanned craft, but this time technicians say they have broken th
he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy instead. that addresses part of the problem but leaves much of it unaddressed, and that's led to criticism. we are also watching to see if he weighs in on the explosive right-to-work fight that is now raging through michigan. remember what we saw in wisconsin with the protests and so on? now there are questions today about whether the new site of union controversy is michigan as a law that would ban mandatory union dues in one of the most unionized states...
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. >> just over an hour they will speak at a diesel engine plant persoextending tax cuts for fedl tax workers. keeping up the pressure on republicans to cave on taxes after the president and speaker john boehner met at the white house yesterday in a spokesperson said discussions with the white house are taking place, but we have no details to share about the substance of those conversations. they say perhaps the best strategy for them is to accept some higher tax rate the president is demanding, get that off the table and combat entitlement reform early next year the president can work for increasing the debt ceiling. republicans will have a little bit more leverage. speak a lot of people putting forward a theory, and i think it has merit for you give the president to 2% increass he is talking about, the rate increase on the top 2%, so there is a growing body. i'm beginning to believe that is the best route for us to take. speak loudly the decimal be part of the agreement and frankly public and colleagues have learned to say the government will not pay its debts and hold off or someth
. >> just over an hour they will speak at a diesel engine plant persoextending tax cuts for fedl tax workers. keeping up the pressure on republicans to cave on taxes after the president and speaker john boehner met at the white house yesterday in a spokesperson said discussions with the white house are taking place, but we have no details to share about the substance of those conversations. they say perhaps the best strategy for them is to accept some higher tax rate the president is...
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president obama hits the road to talk taxes to union workers. after holding a private meeting with the speaker of the house. investigators are looking into the cause of a plane crash that killed a popular mexican- american singer. and the d-j's behind a prank call to the hospital treating kate middleton are speaking out for the first time. tre r anitngis wait till your kids move back home after college. we were going through so much of the bargain detergent. and the clothes didn't look as good. but since we switched to tide we use much less. an amazing clean for all three of our full-grown dependent bundles of joy. that's my tide what's yours? president obama is scheduled to speak to a crowd at a suburban detroit auto plant this hour. white house officials are calling it "an event on the economy". it comes a week after michgan republicans got a controversial right-to-work law passed a measure the president opposes for its limitations on unions. yesterday, president obama met with house speaker john boehner at the white house to discuss how to re
president obama hits the road to talk taxes to union workers. after holding a private meeting with the speaker of the house. investigators are looking into the cause of a plane crash that killed a popular mexican- american singer. and the d-j's behind a prank call to the hospital treating kate middleton are speaking out for the first time. tre r anitngis wait till your kids move back home after college. we were going through so much of the bargain detergent. and the clothes didn't look as good....
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that is from higher tax rates. roughly 600 billion are from some kind of tax reform. they are all reasonably good proposals. onaker boehner's proposal revenue -- is roughly $800 billion in tax reform. we are about $800 billion apart on taxes. my view is that we should roughly split the difference. i would suggest $1.4 trillion in tax revenue. $700 billion would come through tax reform. we can discuss what that might look like. $700 billion would come from higher tax rates. the president would scale back one trillion dollars. we can talk about that. on the spending side -- does 600,000 -- speaker boehner has come forward with some proposals. i'm not quite clear on how much the spending cuts he has proposed. the president's proposal is short. to get to where we need to go, that $3 trillion target and fiscal stability, we need $1.2 trillion in spending cuts. that should be part of the process. we should do some things to reform social security. after the end of the day, it needs to be almost double of what he is proposing. if you sit down and do the arithmetic of spendin
that is from higher tax rates. roughly 600 billion are from some kind of tax reform. they are all reasonably good proposals. onaker boehner's proposal revenue -- is roughly $800 billion in tax reform. we are about $800 billion apart on taxes. my view is that we should roughly split the difference. i would suggest $1.4 trillion in tax revenue. $700 billion would come through tax reform. we can discuss what that might look like. $700 billion would come from higher tax rates. the president would...
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no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm trading 9500 miles away in japan. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 with the new global account from schwab, tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i hunt down opportunities around the world tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 as if i'm right there. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 and i'm in total control because i can trade tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 directly online in 12 markets in their local currencies. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i e their global research to get an edge. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 their equity ratings show me how schwab tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 rates specific foreign stocks tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 based on things like fundamentals, momentum and risk. td
no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 after that, it's on to germany. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 then tonight, i'm...
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no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. >>> with respect to the issue of whether gays and lesbians should be able to get married, i have spoken about this recently, as i have said. my feelings about this are constantly evolving. i struggle with this. >> that was president obama in 2010. his evolution has progressed rapidly in less than two years. >> at a certain point i've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that i think same-sex couples should be able it get married, and i continue to believe that this is an issue that is going to be worked out at the local level because historically this has not been a federal issue. >> soon the supreme court may go one step further and dec
no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. >>> with respect to the issue of whether gays and lesbians should be able to get...
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president obama headed to detroit this morning to seek support from auto workers for his plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. the president's latest campaign style appearance follows a weekend white house meeting with house speaker john boehner. sources tell cbs news both sides remain hopeful but little progress was made. if they can't reach an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, taxes for all americans will go up and across the board spending cuts will kick in on january 1. economists say that combination could plunge the country back into a recession. there are signs some republicans are now willing to compromise on taxes if they can secure cuts to social security, medicare and medicaid. >> the rate increase on the top 2% that the president is talking about and all of a sudden the shift goes back to entitlements. >> reporter: one proposal under discussion, raising the eligibility age for medicare is not going well for some democrats and advocates for senior citizens. >> the option to raise the medicare age is bad policy and will increase costs because people who are 65 and 66
president obama headed to detroit this morning to seek support from auto workers for his plan to raise taxes on the wealthiest americans. the president's latest campaign style appearance follows a weekend white house meeting with house speaker john boehner. sources tell cbs news both sides remain hopeful but little progress was made. if they can't reach an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, taxes for all americans will go up and across the board spending cuts will kick in on january 1....
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>> stephanie: won't rule out a 37% tax rate? congressional leaders in both parties signaled they would be open to compromise on the top bracket tax rates. what is the point of winning a second landslide in a row? >> because -- >> stephanie: he was asked about a top rate of 37. halfway between the current rate of -- to the point where it's supposed to go back to. >> we still need the house in order to pass the law. >> stephanie: nancy pelosi says it is about the money. getting the money to grow the economy and unleash the power. she didn't know if a top tax rate of 37% would bring in sufficient revenue. >> handouts. entitlements. social security. >> social security? >> stephanie: can't say that. too many ss. >> the 47%. >> stephanie: okay. >> drunk uncle. >> stephanie: the white house has said 39.6% is its preference but has not ruled out 37%. [ wah wah ] the white house believes it has the leverage because it is willing to go off the cliff which is what they have said. that's why i don't get why we compromise on the rate. why wo
>> stephanie: won't rule out a 37% tax rate? congressional leaders in both parties signaled they would be open to compromise on the top bracket tax rates. what is the point of winning a second landslide in a row? >> because -- >> stephanie: he was asked about a top rate of 37. halfway between the current rate of -- to the point where it's supposed to go back to. >> we still need the house in order to pass the law. >> stephanie: nancy pelosi says it is about the...
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that is the death tax. recently the joint committee on taxation released an estimate on how many more taxable states, farming taxable states and small business taxable states would be affected by the increase in the death tax over the next ten years, and that chart is to show that. the numbers really are astonishing. if congress does not act, we will see more than 15 times the number of taxable estates, more than 13 times the number of small business taxable states and a whopping 24 times the number of farming taxable estates. and to add fuel to the fire, farmers already have to recoup the economic losses incurred from the recession. this is kicking farmers and ranch erstwhile they are down -- ranch erstwhile they are down. the recent droughts caused an unprecedented economic hardship. if we decrease the exemption amount for the death tax from $5 million down to $1 million, look at how many more farms will possibly be exposed to the death tax in certain drought-stricken areas. as you can see, that's central
that is the death tax. recently the joint committee on taxation released an estimate on how many more taxable states, farming taxable states and small business taxable states would be affected by the increase in the death tax over the next ten years, and that chart is to show that. the numbers really are astonishing. if congress does not act, we will see more than 15 times the number of taxable estates, more than 13 times the number of small business taxable states and a whopping 24 times the...
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no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want. where they want. doing what they want. ameriprise. the strength of a leader in retirement planning. the heart of 10,000 advisors working with you one-to-one. together for your future. ♪ together for your future. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your m
no, it's worse -- look, our taxes are about to go up. not the taxes on our dividends though, right? that's a big part of our retirement. oh, no, it's dividends, too. the rate on our dividends would more than double. but we depend on our dividends to help pay our bills. we worked hard to save. well, the president and congress have got to work together to stop this dividend tax hike. before it's too late. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for...
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and, you know, even in his first term, he talked about real tax reform. and corporate tax reform. and so he wants to find ways in which to keep american businesses here in the country. but also find ways in which we can streamline our tax code. to make small businesses work better. and to grow. and so i -- i am very, very confident that the democrats are very sincere in their thoughts about reforming the tax code next year. >> all right. carrie, i want to play this for everybody. this clip from chuck todd's interview with erskine bowles. >> i don't see why the president would want to negotiate against himself on this. if republicans are going to be willing to reduce entitlements, then he ought to come forward and talk about those that they're willing to support. >> carrie, the president has been willing, publicly willing, at least to say so, to take a hard look at entitlements. isn't it now time for the republicans to offer up the specifics of what they want? the onus is on them? >> that's certainly the position of the white house and democrats on the hill. they say they've been w
and, you know, even in his first term, he talked about real tax reform. and corporate tax reform. and so he wants to find ways in which to keep american businesses here in the country. but also find ways in which we can streamline our tax code. to make small businesses work better. and to grow. and so i -- i am very, very confident that the democrats are very sincere in their thoughts about reforming the tax code next year. >> all right. carrie, i want to play this for everybody. this...
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local taxes are but not federal taxes. life will be more expensive for most people. they won't even take that into account. inflation is already here and will get worse. jenna: i think my head hurt a little bit, jon. i'm getting hungry by the minutes of steak. >> i always do a 2-for-1. jon: charles is buying. jenna: great advice, charles. thanks for your perspective. we'll be back with more "happening now" at the top of the hour ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean casserole. it's amazing what soup can do and now -- i got a great new way to get deals. it's called bankamerideals, from bank of america. i choose the cash back deals in my mobile or online banking. i just use my bank of america debit or credit card when i pay. and i get as much as 15% cash back -- put into my account. this is cash back on top of other rewards i already get. best of all -- it's free. happy holidays. [ male announcer ] introducing bankamerideals, free for online banking customers. sign in to your online banking to choose your deals today. jenna: the window is open and the world watc
local taxes are but not federal taxes. life will be more expensive for most people. they won't even take that into account. inflation is already here and will get worse. jenna: i think my head hurt a little bit, jon. i'm getting hungry by the minutes of steak. >> i always do a 2-for-1. jon: charles is buying. jenna: great advice, charles. thanks for your perspective. we'll be back with more "happening now" at the top of the hour ♪ [ male announcer ] campbell's green bean...
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taxes. because business investment is so stingy right now, this battle is really historic. i think we will see more winners in the states. dagen: right to work states over the last decade have grown faster. >> it is and important component. it will be more so, i think, going forward. the combination, state tax rates in federal tax rates, they are really getting onerous. connell: as peter barnes pointed out, how involved, or will he get involved in this at all going forward? >> well, your guess is as good as mine. here is the thing, you know, of all places that you can go in america, discussing the fiscal cliff, and he ends up in michigan. it is not only about this. you have members of the city council saying the president needs to bail us out. they used that language. i think it is veryytelling where he went today. connell: all right, steve, it is very good to see you. dagen: a new report by the u.s. intelligence reveals china will have the world's largest economy by 2030. the councils globa
taxes. because business investment is so stingy right now, this battle is really historic. i think we will see more winners in the states. dagen: right to work states over the last decade have grown faster. >> it is and important component. it will be more so, i think, going forward. the combination, state tax rates in federal tax rates, they are really getting onerous. connell: as peter barnes pointed out, how involved, or will he get involved in this at all going forward? >> well,...
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the payroll tax holiday. you get about 20 bucks extra a week. that's separate from the bush era tax rates that could change. all of this just to tell you that the markets have held in very, very well, the markets are telling us they think something's going to get done so it behooves washington not to give it up. >> are you free for the rest of the week? >> how about the rest of the ye year? >> i just signed you up for a little job. because the fiscal cliff is so confusing on a personal level, we're asking, go ahead and tweet us your questions. we figured this would be a good idea to put you guys to work. thatst the address. specific questions about how the fiscal cliff could impact you, your family or business and we've got the experts literally live as your financial planners live on the air to answer some of those questions. are you glad that i just signed you up for that? you'll be seeing christine all week long. anncr: some politicians seem to think medicare and... social security are just numbers in a budget. well, we worked hard for those
the payroll tax holiday. you get about 20 bucks extra a week. that's separate from the bush era tax rates that could change. all of this just to tell you that the markets have held in very, very well, the markets are telling us they think something's going to get done so it behooves washington not to give it up. >> are you free for the rest of the week? >> how about the rest of the ye year? >> i just signed you up for a little job. because the fiscal cliff is so confusing on a...
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tax hikes today. i think he's trying to do what he can to deflate the opposition and essentially win this vote on saturday and sort of take this as a sign that he's now free to lead the way he wants to and use the military if necessary to enforce that lead. >> meantime let's talk about syria. the civil war there spilled over to lebanon where at least 17 people were killed in recent clashes. nbc news reported president assad is getting chemical weapons ready to use on his people. of course, they've denied it. where do you put the threat level? >> well, i think the threat level is certainly increasing. you know, we obviously don't have access to those intelligence reports. but you've heard lots of signs of alarm from u.s. officials that there are indications of these chemical weapons are being prepared for use. when you combine that with the signs that maybe assad's forces are in a little bit more danger from the rebels than they were before, you might think that perhaps the regime is becoming desperate
tax hikes today. i think he's trying to do what he can to deflate the opposition and essentially win this vote on saturday and sort of take this as a sign that he's now free to lead the way he wants to and use the military if necessary to enforce that lead. >> meantime let's talk about syria. the civil war there spilled over to lebanon where at least 17 people were killed in recent clashes. nbc news reported president assad is getting chemical weapons ready to use on his people. of...
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there would be no tax increases. i repeat, zero tax increases. now, why would i do that? i mean i won the election. well, simply put, i felt sorry for this man. i realize how badly the republican party treats him when he even considers raising taxes. this man, this grown man was pushed into the congressional ladies' washroom, naked from the waist down. >> they held me down and took my pants. >> so, you know, republicans, you win? okay? you get what you want. but you leave this man alone. you leave this poor orange man alone. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." two australian radio hosts are apologizing for their prank phone call to the hospital where prince william's wife catherine was being treated. >> they say they were heartbroken to learn that the nurse who treated the duchess had committed suicide. elizabeth is outside the hospital. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie and norah. this is the first time the two deejays have spoken publicly on australian national television. the interviewer started by asking them if they remember the moment they heard t
there would be no tax increases. i repeat, zero tax increases. now, why would i do that? i mean i won the election. well, simply put, i felt sorry for this man. i realize how badly the republican party treats him when he even considers raising taxes. this man, this grown man was pushed into the congressional ladies' washroom, naked from the waist down. >> they held me down and took my pants. >> so, you know, republicans, you win? okay? you get what you want. but you leave this man...
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it's down last month from e- sales. >>> today is tax deadline day for property taxes. you have until midnight tonight. if you can't get there before the post office closes, you can pay your taxes online. look for the tax collector's website for your county. if you missed the deadline, you will be hit with a 10% penalty. police cracking down on repeat dui offenders. police will be watching for drivers with several dui convictions who are still driving despite having a suspended license. now, police say those drivers often don't have insurance. they are more likely to run away from the scene of an accident. police say these repeat offenders risk being arrest the or have their car impounded as well. >>> well, drivers here in the bay area may think christmas came early this year. san francisco still has the highest average local price for gasoline at $3.71 a galten. oakland's -- gallon. oak's average price for gas, regular, $3.59. in both cities, that's actually 8 cents last than last week. in san jose and santa rosa, they are averaging $3.57. that's 7 cents less. >> those
it's down last month from e- sales. >>> today is tax deadline day for property taxes. you have until midnight tonight. if you can't get there before the post office closes, you can pay your taxes online. look for the tax collector's website for your county. if you missed the deadline, you will be hit with a 10% penalty. police cracking down on repeat dui offenders. police will be watching for drivers with several dui convictions who are still driving despite having a suspended license....
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many house republicans refused to support tax cuts under circumstances. the cresdemocrats have been settled out rushing through entitlement hewlett-packard is up 4%. the stock up to $14.35 at we have rumors floating that carl icon is buying up shares in the company. >> we will be watching closely. will be back at 915 with our financial analyst raw black. >> traffic backed up on this bug in morning 101 both about rep the 87 interchange. >> our financial analyst rober black will have more on wall street when we come back. p0jg welcome back the time is 8:09 a.m.. if you like to turn holiday shopping into a last minute marathon macy's is willing to help you out. the department store chain will be open for non stop shopping the last weekend before christmas. the store will open at 7:00 a.m. on friday december 21st and will stay open until 7:00 a.m. on sunday december 23rd. the marathon will end of that morning. but macy's as many stores for nine open until midnight. the company has tried out extended chopping hours in past years. but as a the first time all 80
many house republicans refused to support tax cuts under circumstances. the cresdemocrats have been settled out rushing through entitlement hewlett-packard is up 4%. the stock up to $14.35 at we have rumors floating that carl icon is buying up shares in the company. >> we will be watching closely. will be back at 915 with our financial analyst raw black. >> traffic backed up on this bug in morning 101 both about rep the 87 interchange. >> our financial analyst rober black will...